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| William Shakespeare is regarded by many to be the greatest writer of plays that ever lived. He was born in 1564 and died in 1616. You can find a TIMELINE his life at the Crichton Park School's website SHAKESPEARE IS ELEMENTARY. |  |
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| Shakespeare wrote his poems and plays in an ENGLISH very different than that we use today. Try writing some "Shakespeare" yourself. Here are very short extracts from some of his plays. Drag the words around to see if you can make sense of them. You may not finish up with quite the same as Shakespeare wrote, but enjoy the challenge. |
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| Mark Antony says ... | Calpurnia says ... | Portia says ... | The Witches say ... |
| If you would like to know what Shakespeare really wrote, then click on these two characters from his play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". |  |
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Shakespeare's plays were performed in
theatres such as "The Globe" and "The Swan". Clemson University has a virtual tour of one of these old theatres. |
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| "Full fathom Five, thy father lies" ... a famous line from Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". The language is strange. Try changing the words using the drop down boxes to write a piece of PSEUDO SHAKESPEARE. It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense BUT .... can you read it like a Shakespearian actor? |
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